A special racing wheelchair stolen from a paralympic athlete has been recovered. Family members said Erik Hightower's racing chair had been found sitting on a ball field in New Richmond Tuesday morning.

WLWT. ONLY ON WLWT, AN UPDATE NOW TO A STORY WE BROUGHT YOU ABOUT A PAIR LIMBIC ATHLETE VISITING THE TRI-STATE AND ROBBED OF HIS MOST PRIZED POSSESSION. OUR OWN KYLA WOODS STAT DOWN WITH HIS FAMILY TODAY AND SHE SHARES SOME GREAT NEWS. AND I CAN'T THANK MY FRIENDS AND MY FAMILY AND THE MEDIA. I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THIS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT DID IT. EXCITEMENT AND RELIEF AFTER A WEEK OF WORRYING. GOLD MEDAL PARALYMPIC ATHLETE ERIK HIGHTOWER WAS HERE ADVISE ETING HIS FAMILY WHEN HIS RACE CHAIR WAS STOLEN FROM A PARKING LOT AT ANDERSON MERCY HOSPITAL. EVERYBODY JUMPED ON IT RIGHT AWAY. IT WAS ALL OVER FACEBOOK. EVERYBODY WAS SHARING IT. IF YOU SEE ANYTHING, HEAR ANYTHING. AND IT WORKED. ERIK ONLY HAD THE $5 ,000 CHAIR FOR ONE MONTH. ALONG WITH THE CHAIR, ERIK'S FRACK BAG WAS TAKEN VALUED AT ANOTHER $600. IRK'S MOM AND THE FAMILY WERE DETERMINED TO GET ALL OF HIS BELONGINGS BACK. I EVEN HAD FAMILY CALLING SCRAP YARDS SAY F-ING THIS SHOWS , WE WANT IT BACK. BUT IT NEVER ENDED UP AT A SCRAP YARD. THE RACING CHAIR AND TRACK BAG WERE FOUND AT A SHELTER. HE SAID DID IT HAVE ANYTHING ON IT? HE SAID THERE WAS A STICKER ON IT THAT SAID HIGHTOWER. HE SAID THAT SOUNDS FAMILIAR. IT'S AMAZING. IT WORKED. IT'S BACK. IT'S IN ONE PIECE. IT'S NOT MESSED UP. IT'S AMACE MAZING. WHAT A GREAT ENDING TO THIS STORY. THANKS TO AN AMAZING FAMILY, THE COMMUNITY AND FACEBOOK, ERIK AND HIS CHAIR WILL BE REUNITED THIS YEAR IN PHOENIX. THAT'S THE WAY WE LIKE STORIES TO END. ERIK HAS BEEN INVITED TO COMPETE IN LONDON AT THE END OF THE

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